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is firefox uses gpsd to get geo location ? ..

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AnandNekkunti
AnandNekkunti

I have cross compiled firefox to my arm board which is working fine. i have gps hardware in arm board and it is working fine with gpsd. but when when i call html5 geo location in FF , it is not reading from gpsd , i think it is getting from network provider . Please could you help me how to configure firefox such that it uses gpsd for geo location.

I have cross compiled firefox to my arm board which is working fine. i have gps hardware in arm board and it is working fine with gpsd. but when when i call html5 geo location in FF , it is not reading from gpsd , i think it is getting from network provider . Please could you help me how to configure firefox such that it uses gpsd for geo location.

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guigs
guigs

Try one of the settings mentioned in this old bug:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654154

I am also asking in #firefox brb

guigs
guigs

It actually is no longer possible see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231108